Getting Used To The New World Disorder
Our blindness to the fast-changing physical world contributes to our collective impassivity in the face of a looming existential catastrophe.
Dan Lennon
Posts by Dan Lennon:
The Failure of the United Nation’s Annual COP Meetings
Governments, businesses & individuals won’t stop using fossil fuels until they are forced to do so by the consequences of climate change.
The ABC’s of Global Warming
Those who still deny that the global warming we are experiencing is being caused by human activity need to look at the facts…
The Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift
If we measure success in terms of growth, big houses, fancy cars, prestigious jobs, enviable reputations, and conspicuous consumption, we are doomed…
A Brief History of Climate Change
This short essay by Dan Lennon outlines how the Earth’s climate has changed over the eons and what this has meant and will mean for life…
No Smarter Than Bacteria?
Little do most people know that, by far, the greatest example of life extinguishing life (so far) is the Great Oxygenation Catastrophe…
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
The geopolitical rifts gripping the world pale in comparison to the threat posed by the continuing accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Not surprisingly, scientists estimate that the current extinction rate of species is hundreds to thousands of times faster than the normal background rate.
Residential Solar Power Systems — Can They Help Reduce Emissions?
Will putting solar panel’s on my home’s roof really make any difference in the battle against climate change?
Human Population Collapse May Be Closer Than We Think
With 40% of humanity potentially migrating from the tropics to temperate zones, we could soon be at a tipping point for human population.